"Mark Holden" is an Australian singer, actor, television personality and now barrister. He was one of a panel of three original judges on the television series Australian Idol and the first series of The X Factor (Australia)/The X-Factor.

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Emily has one of the finest voices we've heard in three series.

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That's the little sting, sorry guys.

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That needed to be 11 and that was nine.

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Too much ornamentation for the sake of it. The licks got in the way.

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I tried it out and I must say I really enjoyed it.

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They seem to think that because they're on the show that success is assured and it's not.

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The business of actually getting a record deal and having a career as a recording artist is not easy to secure, and is not guaranteed by being on a television show.

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Laura was in the top 30 and she sang dreadfully and woefully, there's no doubt about it.

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That's not what the game is about - the audience voting for Shannon Noll and making him No. 1 three years later ? that's the vote that counts.

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